Albania Buys Five Military Helicopters
Tirana | 18 December 2009 |
The transport helicopters are expected to be delivered to the Albanian military by 2013 and represent the largest arms purchase made by the country in the last decade.
Albania, which together with Croatia joined NATO in February, has started to update its military arsenal in order to meet the alliance's standards.
In February 2008, Albania added four new patrol ships to its navy fleet after reaching a 31 million euro deal with the Netherlands.
According to the agreement, 11 million euro for the new ships will come in the form of a government grant from the Netherlands, while the rest will be supported by the state budget over a period of four years.















